Top 10 Dead People Who Are Believed to be Alive
In this modern world of publicity, there are many instances of people who spread the rumors of their death and later are seen alive. Well, they do so...
ICCFA Internal Chief Operating Officer Joseph W. Budzinski Resigns, Effective January 2011
Joseph W. "Joe" Budzinski, Internal Chief Operating Officer of the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association, has announced his resignation, effective January 7, 2011. Budzinski stated, "After completing...
Wherever You Go, Take Your Whole Heart Along
During my long career in the funeral profession the most important lesson that I ever learned was to be real to those I served. By that I mean...
Local Cemetery Takes on the Funeral Industry
Most people don't find a funeral service by seeing it on a T-shirt. They open a phone book or a helpful nurse or minister murmurs a name. But...
SCI Fighting Funeral Home For Name Rights
Two North Shore Jewish funeral parlors are now locked in a legal battle for the use of a man's name. Service Corp. International, the owner of Lloyd Mandel...
C’mon Baby, Light my Bier; Casket-Makers Offer up Options That Reflect the Lives of Those Laid to Rest
NEW ORLEANS ? It's not every day you see funeral directors lined up to take photos at a trade-show booth and snapping up T-shirts depicting a flame-throwing casket...
C'mon Baby, Light my Bier; Casket-Makers Offer up Options That Reflect the Lives of Those Laid to Rest
NEW ORLEANS ? It's not every day you see funeral directors lined up to take photos at a trade-show booth and snapping up T-shirts depicting a flame-throwing casket...
David de Gorter Named President of Forethought Financial Services
Forethought Financial Group, Inc. ("Forethought") announced today the appointment of David de Gorter to head up the company's sales efforts in the funeral industry. He will oversee all...
Military Base Likely Source of Explosives at a Cemetery
The mysterious military-grade explosives that were found in an East Village cemetery over the weekend are more than a dozen years old and were most likely stolen from...
Explosives Found in New York Cemetery Cause Mystery
The New York City Marble Cemetery has long had an air of mystery. Practically hidden between apartment buildings and brownstones, the leafy urban pocket was once the resting...